nitrate film
Use Nitrate film in a sentencenitrate film
noun
1.
film stock using a base of cellulose nitrate: extremely flammable and tending to erode at a relatively early age.
2.
a motion picture made with or printed on this film.
Origin:
1920–25
1920–25
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There are two important exceptions: cellulose nitrate film and early safety film should not be stored in plastic enclosures.
The nitrate film was later displaced by cellulose acetate film, a less flammable and more flexible polymer.
Cellulose nitrate film begins to emit nitrogen oxide gases when breaking down.
However, you can reuse these materials with future shipments of original nitrate film.
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